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Rigil Kentaurus and Sandqvist 169

Сб, Апрель 13, 2019 - 8:30

Rigil Kentaurus is the bright star near the top of this broad southern skyscape. Of course it's probably better known as Alpha Centauri, nearest star system to the Sun. Below it sprawls a dark nebula complex.

Дни Космоса в Екатеринбурге

Пт, Апрель 12, 2019 - 12:14

В Екатеринбурге с 12 по 19 апреля пройдут«Дни Космоса», где участников ждут бесплатные, но интересные: мастер-классы, экскурсии,..

Астрономическая неделя с 15 по 21 апреля 2019 года

Пт, Апрель 12, 2019 - 8:03

На данной неделе 15 апреля Луна (Ф= 0,78+) пройдет близ Регула, а Марс пройдет в 6 гр. к северу от Альдебарана. Меркурий всю неделю находится в..

A Cosmic Rose: The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros

Пт, Апрель 12, 2019 - 7:31

The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers, but it is the most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this..

First Horizon Scale Image of a Black Hole

Чт, Апрель 11, 2019 - 8:30

What does a black hole look like? To find out, radio telescopes from around the Earth coordinated observations of black holes with the largest known event horizons on the sky. Alone, black holes are just black, but these monster..

Martian Moon Phobos Crosses the Sun

Ср, Апрель 10, 2019 - 8:30

What's that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can't be Earth's Moon, because it isn't round. It's the Martian moon Phobos. The featured video was taken from the surface of Mars late last month by the Curiosity..

Moon Occults Saturn

Вт, Апрель 09, 2019 - 8:30

Sometimes Saturn disappears. It doesn't really go away, though, it just disappears from view when our Moon moves in front. Such a Saturnian eclipse was visible along a small swath of Earth -- from Brazil to Sri Lanka -- near the..

AZURE Vapor Tracers over Norway

Пн, Апрель 08, 2019 - 8:30

What's happening in the sky? The atmosphere over northern Norway appeared quite strange for about 30 minutes last Friday when colorful clouds, dots, and plumes suddenly appeared. The colors were actually created by the NASA-funded

A Scorpius Sky Spectacular

Вс, Апрель 07, 2019 - 8:30

If Scorpius looked this good to the unaided eye, humans might remember it better. Scorpius more typically appears as a few bright stars in a well-known but rarely pointed out zodiacal constellation. To get a spectacular image like

ISS from Wallasey

Сб, Апрель 06, 2019 - 8:30

After sunset on March 28, the International Space Station climbed above the western horizon, as seen from Wallasey, England at the mouth of the River Mersey. Still glinting in the sunlight some 400 kilometers...

Pan STARRS Across the Sky

Пт, Апрель 05, 2019 - 8:30

This astronomical sky spanning view is a mosaic from the Pan-STARRS observatory. The images were recorded with its 1.8 meter telescope at the summit of Haleakala on planet Earth's island of Maui. In fact, Earth's north celestial pole is..